ZIP 25204 vs ZIP 25021

This side-by-side compares ZIP 25204 (Twilight, WV) and ZIP 25021 (Bim, WV) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 25204 has a population of 211 at 4 people per square mile, while ZIP 25021 has 305 at 18 per square mile. That difference in population size and density alone reshapes how every other metric should be interpreted — a higher-income ZIP with 1,200 residents behaves very differently from one with 45,000.

On income and education, ZIP 25204 reports a median household income of $13,684 against — in ZIP 25021, with per-capita income of $11,852 vs $25,716. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 0.0% in 25204 and 6.3% in 25021. Poverty rate reads 68.3% vs 14.7%, and unemployment 48.6% vs 23.6% — these four fields alone drive most of the difference in the scorecard grades you will see for each ZIP.

Housing separates these two ZIPs further: median home value sits at $42,400 in 25204 versus $90,700 in 25021, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 78.8% vs 93.4%. When reading the comparison table below, focus on paired metrics rather than single winners — a ZIP with lower home values and lower income is not strictly "worse" if rent-to-income ratios and commute times land in the same zone. Every value is pulled from the exact same ACS table so the two columns are genuinely comparable.